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- 三反 三反 [[San1fan3]] /"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52/

- 三國 三国 [[San1guo2]] /Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history/any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658/

- 中山成彬 中山成彬 [[Zhong1shan1 Cheng2bin1]] /NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese politician and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes/

- 中班 中班 [[zhong1ban1]] /middle shift; swing shift; early night shift/middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds)/

- 丹瑞 丹瑞 [[Dan1 Rui4]] /General Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar army officer and politician, leader of the military junta 1992-2011/

- 乾嘉三大家 乾嘉三大家 [[Qian2-Jia1 San1 Da4jia1]] /the three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735-1820), who championed personal expression and innovation in Qing poetry: Yuan Mei 袁枚[Yuan2 Mei2], Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨[Jiang3 Shi4quan2] and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼[Zhao4 Yi4]/

- 乾隆 乾隆 [[Qian2long2]] /the Qianlong era/Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2li4], reigned 1735-1799/

- 于丹 于丹 [[Yu2 Dan1]] /Yu Dan (1965-), Chinese scholar and author known for popularizing Chinese classical thought/

- 亞西爾·阿拉法特 亚西尔·阿拉法特 [[Ya4xi1er3 A1la1fa3te4]] /Yasser Arafat (1929-2004), Palestinian leader/

- 亨德爾 亨德尔 [[Heng1de2er3]] /George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British composer/

- 伊藤博文 伊藤博文 [[Yi1teng2 Bo2wen2]] /Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea/

- 伍奢 伍奢 [[Wu3 She1]] /Wu She (-522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3xu1], official of the state of Chu, executed after being falsely accused by King Ping of Chu/

- 伍子胥 伍子胥 [[Wu3 Zi3xu1]] /Wu Zixu (-484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance./

- 伏羲 伏羲 [[Fu2xi1]] /Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing/

- 伽羅瓦 伽罗瓦 [[Jia1luo2wa3]] /Évariste Galois (1811-1832), French mathematician/

- 伽羅華 伽罗华 [[Jia1luo2hua2]] /Évariste Galois (1811-1832), French mathematician/

- 倪匡 倪匡 [[Ni2 Kuang1]] /Ni Kuang (1935-2022), Chinese novelist and screenwriter/

- 元 元 [[Yuan2]] /surname Yuan/Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)/

- 先漢 先汉 [[Xian1 Han4]] /Western Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), aka 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4]/

- 克婁巴特拉 克娄巴特拉 [[Ke4lou2ba1te4la1]] /Cleopatra (c. 70-30 BC), queen of Egypt/

- 克林德 克林德 [[Ke4lin2de2]] /Clemens von Ketteler (1853-1900), German diplomat killed during the Boxer Rebellion 義和團運動|义和团运动[Yi4he2tuan2 Yun4dong4]/

- 克莉奧佩特拉 克莉奥佩特拉 [[Ke4li4ao4pei4te4la1]] /Cleopatra (c. 70-30 BC), queen of Egypt/

- 六方會談 六方会谈 [[Liu4fang1 Hui4tan2]] /Six-Party Talks (2003-2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia/

- 凌濛初 凌蒙初 [[Ling2 Meng2chu1]] /Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty short story writer and playwright/

- 凡高 凡高 [[Fan2gao1]] /Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter/

- 凱恩斯 凯恩斯 [[Kai3en1si1]] /(name) Keynes/John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), influential British economist/Cairns, city in Queensland, Australia/

- 凱茜·弗里曼 凯茜·弗里曼 [[Kai3xi1 Fu2li3man4]] /Cathy Freeman (1973-), Australian sprinter/

- 切·格瓦拉 切·格瓦拉 [[Qie4 Ge2wa3la1]] /Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967), Cuban Revolution leader/

- 列夫·托爾斯泰 列夫·托尔斯泰 [[Lie4fu1 Tuo1er3si1tai4]] /Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian novelist/

- 列寧格勒 列宁格勒 [[Lie4ning2ge2le4]] /Leningrad, former name (1923-1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡[Sheng4bi3de2bao3]/

- 劉淵 刘渊 [[Liu2 Yuan1]] /Liu Yuan (c. 251-310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉[Cheng2 Han4] (304-347)/

- 劉貴今 刘贵今 [[Liu2 Gui4jin1]] /Liu Guijin (1945-), Chinese diplomat, ambassador to South Africa 2001-2007/

- 南京 南京 [[Nan2jing1]] /see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4]/Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949)/

- 南聯盟 南联盟 [[Nan2 Lian2meng2]] /Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) (abbr. for 南斯拉夫聯盟共和國|南斯拉夫联盟共和国[Nan2si1la1fu1 Lian2meng2 Gong4he2guo2])/

- 博格 博格 [[Bo2ge2]] /(name) Borg/Bjorn Borg (1956-), Swedish tennis star/

- 卡拉季奇 卡拉季奇 [[Ka3la1ji4qi2]] /Karadžić (Serbian surname)/Radovan Karadžić (1945-), former Bosnian Serb leader, convicted war criminal/Vuk Karadžić (1787-1864), Serbian linguist/

- 卡特 卡特 [[Ka3te4]] /(name) Carter/Jimmy Carter (1924-2024), US president 1977-1981/

- 卯 卯 [[mao3]] /mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)/4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), Year of the Rabbit/ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east)/(coll.) to concentrate one's strength (variant of 鉚|铆[mao3])/

- 反袁 反袁 [[fan3-Yuan2]] /opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3] in National Protection War 護國戰爭|护国战争[Hu4guo2 Zhan4zheng1] 1915-1916/

- 古傑拉爾 古杰拉尔 [[Gu3jie2la1er3]] /(name) Gujral/Inder Kumar Gujral (1919-2012), Indian politician, prime minister 1997-1998/

- 古登堡 古登堡 [[Gu3deng1bao3]] /(name) Gutenberg/Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press/Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale/

- 司馬炎 司马炎 [[Si1ma3 Yan2]] /Sima Yan (236-290), founder and first emperor (265-290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], posthumous name 晉武帝|晋武帝[Jin4 Wu3di4]/

- 吳敬梓 吴敬梓 [[Wu2 Jing4zi3]] /Wu Jingzi (1701-1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史[Ru2lin2 Wai4shi3]/

- 周 周 [[Zhou1]] /surname Zhou/Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)/

- 周小川 周小川 [[Zhou1 Xiao3chuan1]] /Zhou Xiaochuan (1948-), Chinese economist, governor of the People's Bank of China 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1guo2 Ren2min2 Yin2hang2] 2002-2018/

- 唐 唐 [[Tang2]] /Tang dynasty (618-907)/surname Tang/

- 唐三藏 唐三藏 [[Tang2 San1zang4]] /Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2ji4], based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2zang4] (602-664)/

- 唐代 唐代 [[Tang2dai4]] /Tang dynasty (618-907)/

- 商 商 [[Shang1]] /Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)/surname Shang/

- 國共內戰 国共内战 [[Guo2-Gong4 Nei4zhan4]] /Chinese Civil War (1927-1949)/

- 國民政府 国民政府 [[Guo2min2 Zheng4fu3]] /Nationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925-1948)/

- 埃拉托斯特尼 埃拉托斯特尼 [[Ai1la1tuo1si1te4ni2]] /Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276-c. 195 BC), Greek polymath/

- 埃爾多安 埃尔多安 [[Ai1er3duo1an1]] /Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954-), Turkish politician, prime minister 2003-2014, president 2014-/

- 基辛格 基辛格 [[Ji1xin1ge2]] /Henry Kissinger (1923-2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973-1977/

- 塞萬提斯 塞万提斯 [[Sai4wan4ti2si1]] /Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2ji2he1de2]/

- 墨子 墨子 [[Mo4zi3]] /Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4jia1], which flourished during the Warring States period (475-220 BC)/

- 夏 夏 [[Xia4]] /the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC/Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)/surname Xia/

- 大總統 大总统 [[da4zong3tong3]] /president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912-1928)/

- 大衛·艾登堡 大卫·艾登堡 [[Da4wei4 Ai4deng1bao3]] /David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster/

- 太宗 太宗 [[Tai4zong1]] /posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty/King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418/

- 太平天國起義 太平天国起义 [[Tai4ping2 Tian1guo2 Qi3yi4]] /Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4quan2], who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4ping2 Tian1guo2], resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties/

- 奧匈帝國 奥匈帝国 [[Ao4-Xiong1 Di4guo2]] /Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867-1918/

- 奧巴馬 奥巴马 [[Ao4ba1ma3]] /Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017/

- 奧斯曼帝國 奥斯曼帝国 [[Ao4si1man4 Di4guo2]] /Ottoman Empire (1299-1922)/

- 奧爾布賴特 奥尔布赖特 [[Ao4er3bu4lai4te4]] /Madeleine Albright (1937-2022), US Secretary of State 1997-2001/

- 姬 姬 [[Ji1]] /surname Ji/family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhou1dai4] (1046-256 BC)/

- 安瓦爾 安瓦尔 [[An1wa3er3]] /(name) Anwar/Anwar Ibrahim (1947-), Malaysian politician, prime minister 2022-/

- 宋 宋 [[Song4]] /surname Song/the Song dynasty (960-1279)/Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋[Nan2chao2 Song4]/

- 宋慈 宋慈 [[Song4 Ci2]] /Song Ci (1186-1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集錄|洗冤集录[Xi3yuan1 Ji2lu4] (1247), said to be the world's first forensic science text/

- 富蘭克林 富兰克林 [[Fu4lan2ke4lin2]] /(name) Franklin/Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author/

- 小黃車 小黄车 [[xiao3huang2che1]] /yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 2014-2020)/

- 尼克松 尼克松 [[Ni2ke4song1]] /Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974/surname Nixon/

- 尼采 尼采 [[Ni2cai3]] /Friedrich Nietzsche (1846-1900), German philosopher/

- 居里夫人 居里夫人 [[Ju1li3 fu1ren5]] /Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867-1934), Nobel laureate in both physics (1903) and chemistry (1911)/

- 巴布·狄倫 巴布·狄伦 [[Ba1bu4 Di2lun2]] /(Tw) Bob Dylan, American folk singer (1941-)/

- 巴拉迪 巴拉迪 [[Ba1la1di2]] /Mohamed ElBaradei (1942-), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997-2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate/

- 巴枯寧主義 巴枯宁主义 [[Ba1ku1ning2 zhu3yi4]] /Bakuninism, the political and social theories associated with the Russian revolutionary and anarchist Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876)/

- 布蘭森 布兰森 [[Bu4lan2sen1]] /(name) Branson or Brandsen/Sir Richard Branson (1950-), British billionaire and founder of the Virgin Group/

- 布魯克 布鲁克 [[Bu4lu3ke4]] /(name) Brook/Peter Brook (1925-2022), British theater director/

- 希斯·萊傑 希斯·莱杰 [[Xi1si1 Lai2jie2]] /Heath Ledger, Australian actor (1979-2008)/

- 希爾伯特 希尔伯特 [[Xi1er3bo2te4]] /David Hilbert (1862-1943), German mathematician/

- 康托爾 康托尔 [[Kang1tuo1er3]] /(name) Cantor/Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory/

- 張溥 张溥 [[Zhang1 Pu3]] /Ming dynasty scholar (1602-1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社[Fu4she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men's Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[Wu3 Ren2 Mu4bei1ji4]/

- 彭麗媛 彭丽媛 [[Peng2 Li4yuan2]] /Peng Liyuan (1962-), PRC folk music singer, wife of Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平[Xi2 Jin4ping2]/

- 徐熙媛 徐熙媛 [[Xu2 Xi1yuan2]] /Barbie Hsu (1976-2025), Taiwanese entertainer, nicknamed 大S/

- 徐繼畬 徐继畬 [[Xu2 Ji4yu2]] /Xu Jiyu (1795-1873), Chinese geographer/

- 德彪西 德彪西 [[De2biao1xi1]] /Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer/

- 德萊塞 德莱塞 [[De2lai2se4]] /Dreiser (surname)/Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945), American writer/

- 惠特曼 惠特曼 [[Hui4te4man4]] /Whitman (surname)/Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet and journalist/

- 應采兒 应采儿 [[Ying1 Cai3er2]] /Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi (1983-), actress/

- 戈爾巴喬夫 戈尔巴乔夫 [[Ge1er3ba1qiao2fu1]] /Gorbachev/Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-2022), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995/

- 戴高樂 戴高乐 [[Dai4gao1le4]] /Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969/

- 托洛茨基 托洛茨基 [[Tuo1luo4ci2ji1]] /Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), a leader in the Russian Revolution in 1917/

- 扶餘 扶余 [[Fu2yu2]] /Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China/

- 施明德 施明德 [[Shi1 Ming2de2]] /Shih Ming-teh (1941-2024), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党[Min2jin4dang3], in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3bian3]/

- 施琅 施琅 [[Shi1 Lang2]] /Shi Lang (1621-1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties/

- 施羅德 施罗德 [[Shi1luo2de2]] /(name) Schröder/Gerhard Schröder (1944-), German SPD politician, Chancellor 1998-2005/

- 明 明 [[Ming2]] /Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)/surname Ming/Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God/

- 晉 晋 [[Jin4]] /surname Jin/the Jin Dynasties (265-420)/Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946)/short name for Shanxi province 山西[Shan1xi1]/

- 曾樸 曾朴 [[Zeng1 Pu3]] /Zeng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher/

- 曾蔭權 曾荫权 [[Zeng1 Yin1quan2]] /Sir Donald Tsang, aka Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-), the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2005-2012)/

- 曾鞏 曾巩 [[Zeng1 Gong3]] /Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2-Song4 ba1da4jia1]/

- 朝鮮太宗 朝鲜太宗 [[Chao2xian3 Tai4zong1]] /King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418/

- 本篤十六世 本笃十六世 [[Ben3du3 Shi2liu4shi4]] /Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927-2022), pope 2005-2013/

- 朮赤 术赤 [[Zhu2chi4]] /Jöchi (c. 1182-1227) Mongol army commander, eldest of Genghis Khan's four sons/

- 李克強 李克强 [[Li3 Ke4qiang2]] /Li Keqiang (1955-2023), PRC politician, premier 2013-2023/

- 李富春 李富春 [[Li3 Fu4chun1]] /Li Fuchun (1900-1975), Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician, served as Vice Premier of the PRC/

- 李彥宏 李彦宏 [[Li3 Yan4hong2]] /Robin Li (1968-), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度[Bai3du4], a PRC Internet company/

- 李政道 李政道 [[Li3 Zheng4dao4]] /Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-2024), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate/

- 李玟 李玟 [[Li3 Wen2]] /Coco Lee (1975-2023), pop singer, songwriter and actress/

- 李登輝 李登辉 [[Li3 Deng1hui1]] /Lee Teng-hui (1923-2020), Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China 1988-2000/

- 李連杰 李连杰 [[Li3 Lian2jie2]] /Jet Li (1963-), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director/

- 杜莎夫人 杜莎夫人 [[Du4sha1 fu1ren5]] /Madame Tussaud (1761-1850), French wax sculptor who founded the eponymous wax museum in London/

- 東交民巷 东交民巷 [[Dong1 Jiao1min2 Xiang4]] /East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Quarter, where foreign diplomatic missions were located during the period 1861-1959/

- 東洋鬼 东洋鬼 [[Dong1yang2gui3]] /(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip/

- 東洋鬼子 东洋鬼子 [[Dong1yang2 gui3zi5]] /(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip/

- 林彪 林彪 [[Lin2 Biao1]] /Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution/

- 梁 梁 [[Liang2]] /Liang Dynasty (502-557)/Later Liang Dynasty (907-923)/surname Liang/

- 梵谷 梵谷 [[Fan4gu3]] /(Tw) Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter/also pr. [Fan2gu3]/

- 梵高 梵高 [[Fan4gao1]] /Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter/also pr. [Fan2gao1]/

- 楊利偉 杨利伟 [[Yang2 Li4wei3]] /Yang Liwei (1965-), the first Chinese astronaut sent into space/

- 楚 楚 [[Chu3]] /surname Chu/abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2nan2 Sheng3] provinces together/Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)/

- 歐巴馬 欧巴马 [[Ou1ba1ma3]] /(Tw) Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017/

- 歐拉 欧拉 [[Ou1la1]] /Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician/

- 武定 武定 [[Wu3ding4]] /Wuding reign name (543-550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏|东魏[Dong1 Wei4]/see 武定縣|武定县[Wu3ding4 Xian4]/

- 比利 比利 [[Bi3li4]] /(HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940-2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star/

- 比才 比才 [[Bi3cai2]] /Georges Bizet (1838-1875), French composer/

- 毛澤東 毛泽东 [[Mao2 Ze2dong1]] /Mao Zedong (1893-1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935-1976/

- 江澤民 江泽民 [[Jiang1 Ze2min2]] /Jiang Zemin (1926-2022), politician, president of PRC 1993-2003/

- 法家 法家 [[Fa3jia1]] /the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.)/a Legalist/

- 法幣 法币 [[fa3bi4]] /fiat currency (abbr. for 法定貨幣|法定货币[fa3ding4 huo4bi4])/fabi, fiat currency issued by the 國民黨|国民党[Guo2min2dang3], in use 1935-1948/

- 法耶德 法耶德 [[Fa3ye1de2]] /(name) Fayed/Mohamed Al-Fayed (1929-2023), Egyptian business magnate/

- 海上奇書 海上奇书 [[Hai3shang4 Qi2shu1]] /literary journal published in 1892-93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1qing4] featuring serialized novels in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular/

- 海森堡 海森堡 [[Hai3sen1bao3]] /Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976), German physicist/

- 清 清 [[Qing1]] /Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644-1911)/surname Qing/

- 渤海 渤海 [[Bo2hai3]] /Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia, 698-926/

- 熱比亞 热比亚 [[Re4bi3ya4]] /(name) Rabiye or Rebiya/Rebiya Kadeer (1946-), Uyghur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uyghur Congress/

- 熱比亞·卡德爾 热比亚·卡德尔 [[Re4bi3ya4 Ka3de2er3]] /Rebiya Kadeer (1946-), Uyghur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uyghur Congress/

- 熱比婭 热比娅 [[Re4bi3ya4]] /(name) Rabiye or Rebiya/Rebiya Kadeer (1946-), Uyghur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uyghur Congress/

- 燕 燕 [[Yan1]] /Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning/north Hebei/the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)/surname Yan/

- 特斯拉 特斯拉 [[Te4si1la1]] /Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian inventor and engineer/Tesla, an American electric vehicle and clean energy company/

- 瓊瑤 琼瑶 [[Qiong2 Yao2]] /Chiung Yao (1938-2024), Taiwanese writer/

- 瓦里斯 瓦里斯 [[Wa3li3si1]] /(name) Wallis/John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician/

- 甘巴里 甘巴里 [[Gan1ba1li3]] /Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian diplomat and academic/

- 白奴 白奴 [[bai2nu2]] /white slave/(neologism that peaked in the 2000s-2010s) white-collar slave (office worker who is overworked and exploited)/

- 知識青年 知识青年 [[zhi1shi5 qing1nian2]] /educated youth; young intellectual/(historical) urban youth with formal education who were sent to rural areas for re-education and labor during the Cultural Revolution (1960s-70s)/

- 社員 社员 [[she4yuan2]] /commune member (PRC, 1958-1985)/member of a society (or other organization)/

- 福祿貝爾 福禄贝尔 [[Fu2lu4bei4er3]] /surname Fröbel or Froebel/Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782-1852), German pedagogue/

- 秦 秦 [[Qin2]] /surname Qin/Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3huang2]/short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3xi1]/

- 穆罕默德 穆罕默德 [[Mu4han3mo4de2]] /Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God/

- 穆罕默德·歐瑪 穆罕默德·欧玛 [[Mu4han3mo4de2 Ou1ma3]] /(Tw) Mullah Muhammad Omar (1960-2013), Taliban leader, Supreme Leader of Afghanistan 1996-2001/

- 穆罕默德六世 穆罕默德六世 [[Mu4han3mo4de2 Liu4shi4]] /King Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963-)/

- 納吉布 纳吉布 [[Na4ji2bu4]] /Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984), first president of the Republic of Egypt/Najib Razak (1953-), Malaysian politician, prime minister 2009-2018/

- 索福克勒斯 索福克勒斯 [[Suo3fu2ke4le4si1]] /Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Oedipus Rex/

- 縱隊 纵队 [[zong4dui4]] /column; file (formation of people) (CL:列[lie4],路[lu4])/PLA army corps (1946-1949) (CL:個|个[ge4])/

- 羅文 罗文 [[Luo2 Wen2]] /Roman Tam (1945-2002), Canto-pop singer/

- 義和團運動 义和团运动 [[Yi4he2tuan2 Yun4dong4]] /Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901), a peasant uprising that attempted to expel all foreigners from China, eventually suppressed by an international coalition/

- 習近平 习近平 [[Xi2 Jin4ping2]] /Xi Jinping (1953-), PRC politician, General Secretary of the CCP from 2012, president of the PRC from 2013/

- 翼 翼 [[Yi4]] /surname Yi/alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiang4], the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)/

- 老舍 老舍 [[Lao3 She3]] /Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist/

- 胡塞爾 胡塞尔 [[Hu2sai4er3]] /Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), German philosopher/

- 臨屯郡 临屯郡 [[Lin2tun2 Jun4]] /Lintun Commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea/

- 艾登堡 艾登堡 [[Ai4deng1bao3]] /(name) Attenborough/David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster/

- 范仲淹 范仲淹 [[Fan4 Zhong4yan1]] /Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4]/

- 茱莉雅·吉拉德 茱莉雅·吉拉德 [[Zhu1li4ya3 Ji2la1de2]] /Julia Gillard (1961-), Australian politician, prime minister 2010-2013/

- 華佗 华佗 [[Hua4 Tuo2]] /Hua Tuo (c. 145-208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty/

- 華約 华约 [[Hua2yue1]] /Warsaw Pact, Soviet-led military alliance (1955-1991) (abbr. for 華沙條約組織|华沙条约组织[Hua2sha1 Tiao2yue1 Zu3zhi1])/

- 華茲華斯 华兹华斯 [[Hua2zi1hua2si1]] /surname Wordsworth/William Wordsworth (1770-1850), English romantic poet/

- 萊佛士 莱佛士 [[Lai2fo2shi4]] /surname Raffles/Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore/

- 葛洪 葛洪 [[Ge3 Hong2]] /Ge Hong (283-363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱朴子[Bao4pu3zi3]/

- 蒙哥馬利 蒙哥马利 [[Meng2ge1ma3li4]] /Bernard Montgomery (Montie) (1887-1976), Second World War British field marshal/Montgomery or Montgomerie (surname)/

- 蔡英文 蔡英文 [[Cai4 Ying1wen2]] /Tsai Ing-wen (1956-), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China 2016-2024/

- 蔡鍔 蔡锷 [[Cai4 E4]] /Cai E (1882-1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4guo2jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor/

- 薛 薛 [[Xue1]] /surname Xue/vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)/

- 薩達姆 萨达姆 [[Sa4da2mu3]] /Saddam Hussein (1937-2006), president of Iraq 1979-2003/

- 藍儂 蓝侬 [[Lan2nong2]] /(Tw) John Lennon (1940-1980), English singer, guitarist, and songwriter/

- 藤森 藤森 [[Teng2sen1]] /Fujimori (Japanese surname)/Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (1938-), president of Peru 1990-2000/

- 衛 卫 [[Wei4]] /surname Wei/vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces/

- 袁枚 袁枚 [[Yuan2 Mei2]] /Yuan Mei (1716-1797), Qing poet, essayist and gastronome, one of the Three Great Masters of the Qianlong-Jiaqing period 乾嘉三大家[Qian2-Jia1 San1 Da4jia1]/

- 諸葛亮 诸葛亮 [[Zhu1ge3 Liang4]] /Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period/the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius/(fig.) a mastermind/

- 諾伊曼 诺伊曼 [[Nuo4yi1man4]] /Neumann (surname)/John von Neumann (1903-1957), Hungarian-born American mathematician and polymath/

- 貝·布托 贝·布托 [[Bei4 Bu4tuo1]] /Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), Pakistani politician, prime minister 1988-90 and 1993-96/

- 貝娜齊爾·布托 贝娜齐尔·布托 [[Bei4na4qi2er3 Bu4tuo1]] /Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), Pakistani politician, prime minister 1988-90 and 1993-96/

- 貝盧斯科尼 贝卢斯科尼 [[Bei4lu2si1ke1ni2]] /Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011/

- 費爾馬 费尔马 [[Fei4er3ma3]] /Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician/

- 費馬 费马 [[Fei4ma3]] /Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician/

- 赫曼·麥爾維爾 赫曼·麦尔维尔 [[He4man4 Mai4er3wei2er3]] /Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸[Bai2jing1]/

- 赫魯曉夫 赫鲁晓夫 [[He4lu3xiao3fu5]] /Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964/

- 趙 赵 [[Zhao4]] /surname Zhao/one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476-220 BC)/the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms/

- 辜鴻銘 辜鸿铭 [[Gu1 Hong2ming2]] /Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian writer known for his English-language works and defense of Qing dynasty monarchy/

- 迪士尼 迪士尼 [[Di2shi4ni2]] /Disney, American entertainment conglomerate/Walt Disney (1901-1966), American animator and film producer/

- 達爾文 达尔文 [[Da2er3wen2]] /Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu4zhong3 Qi3yuan2]/Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia)/

- 邁克爾·喬丹 迈克尔·乔丹 [[Mai4ke4er3 Qiao2dan1]] /Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player/

- 邱吉爾 邱吉尔 [[Qiu1ji2er3]] /Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955/surname Churchill/

- 郎世寧 郎世宁 [[Lang2 Shi4ning2]] /Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in the Qing court for 50 years/

- 郎平 郎平 [[Lang2 Ping2]] /Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese former volleyball player and coach/

- 郕 郕 [[Cheng2]] /surname Cheng/Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE) vassal state/

- 郭子儀 郭子仪 [[Guo1 Zi3yi2]] /Guo Ziyi (697-781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and served multiple emperors/

- 郭嵩燾 郭嵩焘 [[Guo1 Song1tao1]] /Guo Songtao (1818-1891), Chinese statesman and diplomat, served as minister to Britain and minister to France 1877-1879/

- 鄒 邹 [[Zou1]] /surname Zou/vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) in the southeast of Shandong/

- 鄦 鄦 [[Xu3]] /surname Xu/vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-221 BC)/

- 金 金 [[Jin1]] /surname Jin/surname Kim (Korean)/Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)/

- 金天翮 金天翮 [[Jin1 Tian1he2]] /Jin Tianhe (1874-1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花[Nie4hai3hua1]/

- 錢鍾書 钱钟书 [[Qian2 Zhong1shu1]] /Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城[Wei2cheng2]/

- 鍾楚紅 钟楚红 [[Zhong1 Chu3hong2]] /Cherie Chung (1960-), Hong Kong actress/

- 闕特勤 阙特勤 [[Que4te4qin2]] /Kul Tigin or Kultegin (685-c. 731), general of the Second Turkic Khaganate/

- 阮 阮 [[Ruan3]] /surname Ruan/small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of present-day Gansu Province/

- 阿不來提·阿不都熱西提 阿不来提·阿不都热西提 [[A1bu4lai2ti2 A1bu4du1re4xi1ti2]] /Ablet Abdureshit (1942-), chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 1993-2003/

- 阿契美尼德王朝 阿契美尼德王朝 [[A1qi4mei3ni2de2 Wang2chao2]] /Achaemenid Dynasty, (559-330 BC), ancient Iranian dynasty whose kings ruled the Achaemenid Empire/

- 阿爾茨海默 阿尔茨海默 [[A1er3ci2hai3mo4]] /Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist/

- 阿爾都塞 阿尔都塞 [[A1er3du1sai4]] /surname Althusser/Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher/

- 阿赫蒂薩里 阿赫蒂萨里 [[A1he4di4sa4li3]] /Martti Ahtisaari (1937-2023), Finnish politician, peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate/

- 阿里 阿里 [[A1li3]] /(name) Ali/Ali (c. 600-661), the fourth caliph of Islam/Alibaba, e-commerce company (abbr. for 阿里巴巴[A1li3ba1ba1])/see 阿里地區|阿里地区[A1li3 Di4qu1]/

- 陳仲琳 陈仲琳 [[Chen2 Zhong4lin2]] /Chen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1shen2 Yan3yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1xing1]/

- 陳希同 陈希同 [[Chen2 Xi1tong2]] /Chen Xitong (1930-2013), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th June 1989 Tiananmen incident/

- 陳沖 陈冲 [[Chen2 Chong1]] /Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese-born American actress and film director/

- 陳納德 陈纳德 [[Chen2na4de2]] /Claire Lee Chennault (1890-1958), American military aviator and brigadier general, commander of the Flying Tigers 飛虎隊|飞虎队[Fei1hu3dui4], a volunteer group that assisted China in resisting Japanese forces during World War II/

- 陳美 陈美 [[Chen2 Mei3]] /Vanessa-Mae (1978-), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier/

- 陳露 陈露 [[Chen2 Lu4]] /Lu Chen (1976-), Chinese figure skater, 1995 world champion/

- 陳香梅 陈香梅 [[Chen2 Xiang1mei2]] /Chen Xiangmei (1925-2018), also known as Anna Chennault, Chinese-American writer and Republican politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[Chen2na4de2]/

- 陸克文 陆克文 [[Lu4 Ke4wen2]] /Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013/

- 陸游 陆游 [[Lu4 You2]] /Lu You (1125-1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets/

- 隋 隋 [[Sui2]] /the Sui dynasty (581-617 AD)/surname Sui/

- 雷鋒 雷锋 [[Lei2 Feng1]] /Lei Feng (1940-1962), a soldier celebrated by the Chinese government from 1963 onward as a model of selflessness and devotion to the Communist Party/

- 青瓦臺 青瓦台 [[Qing1wa3tai2]] /the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948-2022), now a public park/

- 鞏俐 巩俐 [[Gong3 Li4]] /Gong Li (1965-), Chinese actress/

- 韓復榘 韩复榘 [[Han2 Fu4ju3]] /Han Fuju (1890-1938), Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army general and governor of Shandong, executed by Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4shi2] after he abandoned Jinan to the Japanese/

- 馬可·波羅 马可·波罗 [[Ma3ke3 Bo1luo2]] /Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)/

- 馬拉多納 马拉多纳 [[Ma3la1duo1na4]] /Diego Maradona (1960-2020), Argentine footballer/

- 馬斯洛 马斯洛 [[Ma3si1luo4]] /Maslow (surname)/Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), US psychologist/

- 馮德英 冯德英 [[Feng2 De2ying1]] /Feng Deying (1935-2022), author of the 1958 novel Bitter Herbs 苦菜花[Ku3cai4hua1]/

- 鬼子 鬼子 [[gui3zi5]] /devil (derog. term for foreign invaders)/(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip/

- 魏 魏 [[Wei4]] /surname Wei/name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States/Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty/the Wei dynasty 221-265/Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history/

- 魏巍 魏巍 [[Wei4 Wei1]] /Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 東方|东方[Dong1fang1] about the Korean war/

- 麥爾維爾 麦尔维尔 [[Mai4er3wei2er3]] /(name) Melville/Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸[Bai2jing1]/

- 黃庭堅 黄庭坚 [[Huang2 Ting2jian1]] /Huang Tingjian (1045-1105), Song poet and calligrapher/

- 黎智英 黎智英 [[Li2 Zhi4Ying1]] /Lai Chee-ying, aka Jimmy Lai (1947-), Hong Kong media tycoon, prominent critic of the CCP and supporter of the pro-democracy camp 民主派[Min2zhu3pai4]/